School board members ask if 5-year projections for Roswell, Johns Creek, Alpharetta and Milton schools are too modest.
Fulton County Schools are projected to grow enrollment by nearly 5,500 students over the next five years with comparable growth among the North Fulton, Sandy Springs and South Fulton areas, the school district predicts. However, some school board members are asking if the projected growth in North Fulton is too modest. In North Fulton - which includes Roswell, Johns Creek, Alpharetta and Milton - an increase in new home closures has led the school system to project some growth in schools in the region. "In North Fulton County, the number of new home closures is on the rise," Yngrid Huff, executive director of the district’s Operational Planning department, told the school board. Comparing the second quarter of 2011 to the second quarter …
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Enrollment is at an all-time high of 93,818 students.
Enrollment at Fulton County Schools this year has exceeded expectations. At the Sept. 11 board work session, Fulton County Schools Superintendent Robert Avossa presented an enrollment summary of the first month of school that shows growth throughout the county. In Roswell, Roswell North was 48 students over the forecasted growth, Crabapple Middle School was three students over and Roswell High School was 72 over. (Check the attached PDF for your school numbers.) Numbers collected on Sept. 10, which marked the end of the first four school weeks, show more than half (51) of schools were forecasted within 97 percent accuracy and that 69 schools were within 95 percent accuracy of their projections. Enrollment is at an all-time high of 93,818 …
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Fulton County Schools are expected to grow by 6,125 students over the next seven years.
During its Tuesday work session, the Fulton County School Board heard that forecasting models suggest the district will grow by more than 6,125 students over the next seven years. Yngrid Huff, executive director of Operational Planning, told board members that recent growth has slowed, however. The current enrollment (92,500 students) was 829 more students than last year, but nearly 300 fewer than projections, according to a press release from the school district. It was the first school year since 1998 that the district did not grow by more than 1,000 students. Huff said that North Fulton schools saw the highest student growth. The Sandy Springs area had slight growth, but enrollment at South Fulton schools decreased. According to the …
